Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-01
A FAIR RACE,
The Volunteer Comes Ia an Easy Win
ner IN the Second Contest With
the Scotch Thistle.
INC Foreigners Forced to Admit That tho
BEce was g Fair ons-2Iossor's
Chnioago-s Prize Fight.


Tx YACHT RACE.
HIGHLANDS, Sept. 50-Yne weather T.
-ris morning Gas even worse tlen YES
.e-day. Within the Dsst Two hours heevy |
z hiss fallen, completely shutting the |
gater from view.
$40 q. In-R2iuiug he.vilv, wind n |
crcasing r8p,1I9; now blowing twenty
miles an hour aad the fog IS lifting.
l0:42 Il. n The preparatory gun was /
fred at 1882 and the starting signal hss |
il5. been n-ed The yEc11s are now
ms1eUvering for q start The wind is .
fifteen miles and the tx IS lit,iLg. There /
is heavy sea o..
l0:45 The Yachts crossed the line |
aa-ut l0:38 TIE l2za prevented C-ose
observation, out the Volunteer seemed 10 /
nave r slight lead, though 0osh boats |
were close together. They were going !
very fast.
1886 ?. m.-As the yachts crossed the !
the tna Tlrs;Ie was seen 10 bet0 the wind
wzr6 They are heading east northeast, !
sailing on course laid towards Far Rock
away. The Volunteer Is appointing
the Scoichmsn. Taey have become very
.ndistinct objects on the misty horizon
eId viii soon disappear from view unless
che fog clears GW8y. Their relative posi-
tons We're unchanged when last seen,
being about 800 yards apart.
SANDY HOOK, Sept. 20, LILO A. NJ
TIE Volunteer alter the start Osat "a the
y ldWaTd IN gr.as style and through
tie drifting fog could be seen
gaining % the Scotch cutter.
Ten minutes after the start SIZE
was well 20 tie Wjndward, and wa5 pull
Tag sway from the Thistle. The WIND is
lr0m esst uorth 5asl sad is blowing at the
a,e Ct tWeaty-foVr miles an hour. The
yachts are now out O: oi4ht.
LONG BEACH, Sept. 80, ll:45 A. NJ
The ysChls are in sight htading this way.
The signals cannot DC distinguished. They
are 81 punched.
SANDY HOOK. Sept. 30, l2:l0 p. NJ
The wind mas Increased F. gersI miles
within the pGss hour. thick mist s1i!
hangs over the highlands. \ steamboat
wlich has jGst come into the B0r2e Shoe
reports having passed the yach.s, eight
mics northwest of the starting point.
TIE V alunteer WIS Leading the Thistle og
81 eighth c; q mile. Both we're carrying
working top sails and the Volunteer stood
up much better than tie Thistle.
Lone BRANCH, Sep.. 50, l2:52 p. NJ
The yachts sCe about oDe nils south OF
the turning stake TIE Volunteer leads
By over e mile. She viii turn the stake
beat in about ten minutes. Sic has her
main sail, tCTes.sY sal, jt5 aud working
lib top ssil get. The Thistle has ike
number OF saIIs.
BETTING Oh THE THISTLE.
GLASGOW, Sept. 30.-LsTSe aud eX-
cited crowds OF people surrounded the
cable comp Inirs' Offices await NJ news OF
to-day's racs between the Thistle add the
Volunteer. Tney are confident that the
Thistle viii WIN.
SssDl Hook, n. Y, Sept. Soils
p. M.-rhe NOlUntaet ms turned the
3tske boat and is recurring TO the finish
ing line with her sprinkler 10 the port
and her mansall to the starboard She
put out hsr balloon jio topsaIi after
rounding the st8keboat. Inc sea is 60
Ing down 3 Jri1e.
LoNG BEACH, Sept. 30, I;40 p. NJ
The Volunteer is two miles ahead.
GANDY HOOK, Sept. 80, As ?. =
The ocean is covered with whit cap3 and
it is blowing nail gale TIE pil0t boats
are sCuddjug about under double reefs.
TIE wind IS now thirty miles a. hour
ard increasing. II Is blows much harder
the racers wllt have 10 muse their top
nssts. II viii oe & fast race. The tni5h
Ike may be reaChed before O'clock.
AFFAIR VICTORY.
NEW YORK, Sept. 80 The second at
tempt to SSH the sec nd race 10 the two
OUT O three match for Americas cup vas
accomplished 20 day under circumstances
that compelled the most mira B-jtisher
10 SAY that tee cutter Thistle WAS bea en-
fsiTly and soundY. Tle irss victory Of
the Volunteer was. not thoroughly
admitted by the foreigners. Tie
latter allowed that the race on
the inside course Yves net fair one IN il
self snd they declared that the crowding
Of the steam oats leCt assistance toward
defeating the u pose If the Thistle
The 0sy tld not open propidOusly. The
same old storm th>t h&d been hanging
about for two days still fingered ana the
62Dk Of fog that showed Yesterday was
STILL UNDER Tux sKIKs.
When the boss got below Sandy Hook
they found right lively breeze. ExCur-
SIGN boats came down to the nun
her Of twenty-five, end these, to-
gether with the Stesm Yachts and tugs,
with private parties aboard swelled the
number TO fifty. Everyone Ct The $4,000
spectators saw - square q rsce as wse
ever sailed in any ws'ers. The contest
ants were al the point Of start in good
season, ~ was the Electro, the flsg ship
OF the New York Yacht Club, with tie
committee of JUDGES on board. Il was
precisely 1880 :, m. that
THE PREPARATORY SIGNAL
vas given. That was the time sisted
IN the circular formally issued
Dv the committee days ago.
At that time the excursion boats snt
steam yachts had gathered shout the line
formed from the EIeC,ra to the ScouaGt
LIGHT ship aud made Q gala day picture
At 1910 the gun TO start was fired. a
that moment the Thistle and Vniuntee
were southeast of the line, not 200 yards
apart, each working gradually 10 The line
The Thistle WAS the nearer and went
SWAY on T trip nearly
FOUR LENGTHS AHEAD
of the Volunteer. The yachts started q
follows: Thistle, 10 u. 40 m. 81 s.
Volunteer. 10 h. 80 N. SOC g
Tbey went over Cn the s;arnoarC
tax and the Volunteer al once began K
outpoint sid outfoot her opponent
Their course wss north northeast f.
twenty miles TO wn1Wsrd, and return
heF,re the wind. The 1eatherlng quail